http://blogs.msdn.com/steverowe/archive/2009/04/27/don-t-worship-at-the-altar-of-accuracy.aspxEarlier today I found myself faced with a common management situation.&#160; I had been sent an e-mail which showed that a piece of data we were using was inaccurate.&#160; The specific issues was what percentage of a certain test run was automated.&#160;en-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/steverowe/archive/2009/04/27/don-t-worship-at-the-altar-of-accuracy.aspx#9573079Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:27:52 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9573079Mary Prankster<p>&lt;i&gt;Suppress your inner urges and don’t worship at the altar. &nbsp;Get to good enough and stop.&lt;/i&gt;</p> <p>With the extra advantage of making Bj's head explode.</p> <p>-mary</p> http://blogs.msdn.com/steverowe/archive/2009/04/27/don-t-worship-at-the-altar-of-accuracy.aspx#9573348Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:06:20 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9573348Anne-Marie<p>I get your point, though I think people's perceptions also must be taken into account.</p> <p>You said you were going to do something, then didn't.</p> <p>In future, why not say we are going to aim to automate 100%. Perhaps a more practical goal?</p> <p>Anne-Marie</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.testingtimes.ie">http://www.testingtimes.ie</a></p> http://blogs.msdn.com/steverowe/archive/2009/04/27/don-t-worship-at-the-altar-of-accuracy.aspx#9573859Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:15:33 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9573859SteveRowe<p>@Anne-Marie, we didn't have an explicit goal for automation. &nbsp;If we did, then knowing this information would help us achieve it.</p>